julesmartial's reviews
17 reviews

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

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lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I really enjoyed the writing and I like the last sections a lot - but I think it could of benefitted from more fleshed out characters - it felt very surface level…. but some really beautiful bits
I Haven't Been Entirely Honest with You by Miranda Hart

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.5

a warm hug
Gaslight by Sara Shepard, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

honestly i love hectic cult vibes and this felt quite true(?) i guess to some cult mentalities but it was also a bit too much i think - like too many things that were going on / didn’t feel like there was a clear singular motive ? and just ended up feeling really overwhelming and strangely dissatisfying at the end idk
Baby Teeth by Celia Silvani

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challenging emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

i so enjoyed this audiobook! it was very captivating especially the last third. 

i wanted to scream during the Flora POV bits and a lot of the comments after her pregnancy loss omfg but ppl truly are like that i guess!!! aaaaa
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Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

really enjoyed this!! a great pace and some good twists and turns
woulda bet good money it was gonna be David all along lmao so im glad i didn’t!! part of me questions whether it’s very believable that Michael was able to hike the Piton but like whatever
Fire by John Boyne

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

aaaaaaaaa this one was so cursed
Earth by John Boyne

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challenging emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Water by John Boyne

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emotional hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

some really beautiful writing and strong monologues through this, excited to start Earth
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

very beautiful intersections of people 
One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

i really liked the premise of this and thought there was heaps of good writing but ultimately think it needed to be structured differently so you weren’t stuck in Cole’s brain for the first third lol